Maciej Łaszczuk

Advocate
Partner+48 22 351 00 67

Maciej Łaszczuk is the founder of Łaszczuk & Partners. For more than 25 years he has been advising and representing domestic and international clients in arbitration and litigation, as well as in civil law and commercial law. For many years, he had also advised clients on intellectual property issues and tax law.

Currently, he focuses mainly on litigation and arbitration: constructing strategies of dispute management and representing clients in domestic and disputes. He represents clients in domestic and international arbitration proceedings, especially related to mergers & acquisitions, real estate, construction contracts and commercial contracts. He has participated in almost 300 arbitrations, as either the chairman or an arbitrator, proceeded in permanent arbitration institutions and ad hoc, under the rules of, among others, UNCITRAL, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce. He has also represented clients in high-profile post-arbitration litigations.

His experience includes also advising and representing clients in investment arbitration.

Maciej is a listed arbitrator for several permanent arbitration courts, including the largest in Poland, the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce. He is also listed as an arbitrator by the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the Polish Olympic Committee.

He is the author or co-author of a number of publications on arbitration, and a lecturer on civil procedure and arbitration for advocate trainees.

Experience and education

In 1987 Maciej Łaszczuk became an attorney-at-law, and in 1989 an advocate. Before starting his own law practice, he advised Polish and foreign investors as an in-house lawyer.

After completing judicial training, he passed the exam to qualify as a judge in 1981. From 1982 to 1987 he served as a judge in the Province Circuit Court in Warsaw.

In the years 1978-1982 he worked at the Institute of State and Law of the Polish Academy of Science.

Maciej Łaszczuk is a 1978 graduate of the Warsaw University Department of Law and Administration.

He is also Vice Chairman of the Editorial Board of Palestra, the official publication of the Polish Bar.

By resolution of the Executive Committee of the Polish Bar Council dated 27 August 2013, Maciej Łaszczuk was recognized for his distinguished service to the Polish Bar.

In the years 1991-1997 Maciej was co-creating a series of TV programs promoting knowledge about tax law, especially regarding PIT, broadcasted by Program II TVP. In the programs, he created a character of a lawyer advising clients. Every episode of the series called ‘From 20% to 40%. Is it possible to avoid paying taxes”, was concluded with a question: counsellor, can I avoid paying taxes?, to which Maciej Łaszczuk always answered: we’ll talk about it at our next meeting.

Practices

Rankings and recommendations

recommended by Best Lawyers® in Poland 2018 ranking in the field of arbitration and mediation and in the field of litigation among the top lawyers in Poland.

is recommended by Legal 500 EMEA in the field of dispute resolution as ‘deeply experienced, invaluable’.

is listed by Chambers Europe 2018 in Band 2 of the ranked lawyers, and in Band 1 among Most in Demand Arbitrators.

recommended by Chambers Global 2018 as a lawyer with "a remarkable track record as an arbitrator, acting on commercial and investment arbitration cases” and "a highly regarded commercial litigator.” Listed in Band 2 of the ranked lawyers, and in Band 1 among Most in Demand Arbitrators.

listed by Expert Guides: Commercial Arbitration 2017 among leading practitioners in Poland.

listed among recommended lawyers in the field of litigation and arbitration in Rzeczpospolita ranking of law firms in 2017.

recommended by Legal 500 EMEA 2017 in the field of dispute resolution. The ranking emphasizes that he ‘thinks three steps ahead’.

listed by Chambers Europe 2017 in Band 2 of the ranked lawyers and in Band 1 among Most in Demand Arbitrators.

is recommended by Chambers Global 2017 for his “remarkable experience as a litigator and an arbitrator” and his “strong record in commercial as well as investment arbitration cases.” Maciej Łaszczuk is also listed in Band 2 of the ranked lawyers, and in Band 1 among Most in Demand Arbitrators.